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Marijuana issue is a “tough sell”
ELLSWORTH — Residents of Hancock County’s unorganized territories who spoke at a Dec. 1 Hancock County Commissioners’ meeting in support of the board “opting in” to allow commercial marijuana operations in the territories may be disappointed.
Both newly sworn-in Commissioner Paul Paradis and longtime former sheriff and Commissioner Bill Clark said during the board’s first meeting of 2021 on Tuesday that they were not in favor of opting in. The board has three members.
Municipalities have to “opt in” to allow marijuana businesses, whether medical or commercial, and so do Maine counties when it comes to the unorganized territories. And then there are decisions pertaining to which types of commercial marijuana businesses will be allowed. Will a town, city or county allow retail marijuana establishments, cultivation, testing, processing or any or all of those activities that fall under the ....

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